Jackie Hansen, a gender rights campaigner for Amnesty International Canada, said last Thursday that the circumstances of the arrests were still unclear and there was no news of any charges.

The ministry said it rejected Canada's characterization of events in Saudi Arabia, and said it wouldn't stand for outside intervention.

In its statement on Sunday, the Saudi foreign ministry suggested that the Canadian foreign ministry's demand was tantamount to interference in Riyadh's affairs and warned that any further action would be seen as a license to meddle in Canadian affairs.

"We urge the Saudi authorities to immediately release them and all other peaceful #humanrights activists", the embassy tweeted on Friday.

"It's pathetic that rather than respect the basic rights of its citizens and end its wide scale persecution of independent voices, it's punishing even friendly states who give it helpful advice", Whitson told DW.

Badawi and another high-profile Saudi women's rights activist, Nassima al-Sadah, were arrested in the kingdom last week, sparking an global outcry.

Saudi Arabia has frozen all trade/investment developments with Canada.

Riyadh said Canada's statement about "civil society activists" was negative and unfair to the truth.

It said it will not accept any form of interference in its internal affairs and considers the Canadian position "an attack" requiring a firm stance to deter "attempts to undermine the sovereignty" of Saudi Arabia.

In April, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his "serious concern" over the continued jailing of Badawi to Saudi King Salman.

"Canada stands together with the Badawi family in this hard time, and we continue to strongly call for the release of both Raif and Samar Badawi", she wrote on Twitter.

The arrests were in line with Saudi laws, and those detained have been provided with due process during investigation and trial, according to the foreign ministry statement.

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North Korea is, however, dismantling some of its missile test sites . "Yes, they continue to produce fissile material". Add North Korea as an interest to stay up to date on the latest North Korea news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

He said officials have essentially ruled out a collision with another aircraft or hitting an obstacle such as a wire. The aircraft crashed about 2540m above sea level, on the western side of a 3000m peak called Piz Segnas.

Giuliani said there are about 11 or 12 other Cohen tapes in which others discuss the president and members of his family. Cohen has told associates he is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller in the Russian Federation investigation.

Some other news organisations have described the melon-headed whale and rough-toothed dolphin hybrid as a new species. The so-called wolphin has been confirmed by scientists after it was spotted on a research trip near Kauai island.

The results are a gimmick to try and prepare Zimbabwe for a rigged election. "We don't accept that", Biti said. A minister at the Foreign Office, Harriet Baldwin, said the situation was being monitored "closely".

It is quite clear that the president's idea of Sessions ending Mueller's investigation did not go over well with Democrats. Trump's legal team had previously offered Mueller written answers to questions related to obstruction of justice .

As well as electing a president, Zimbabweans were voting for 210 members of parliament and more than 9,000 councillors. If no presidential candidate wins more than 50 per cent of the vote, a runoff will be held September 8.

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